US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on Oct. 21 for "Floor structure for a body of a vehicle, body for a vehicle, and vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,054, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Floor structure for a body of a vehicle, body for a vehicle, and vehicle" was invented by Michael Carl (Gerlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor structure for a body of a vehicle includes two side sills spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of the vehicle. A main floor element is disposed between the two side sills. An energy store is disposed under the main floor element. A crossmember element is disposed on an upper side of the main floor element and extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle between the t...